The Time I Met the Great ‘Lone Wolf’ J.J. McQuade

An ultimate tale of a chance meeting with the legendary Ranger McQuade... The year was 1983. I had just finished my senior year at New...

Eric Roberts Tries to Out Cliffhanger Stallone in ‘Freefall’ (1994)

Can Julia Roberts’ brother outclimb Stallone in his own extreme sport action thriller? The answer to the question above is no. As much as I...

Jeff Speakman is the Perfect Action Hero in The Perfect Weapon (1991)

The Dos and Don'ts of Creating The Perfect Action Hero. It was 1991, and Jeff Speakman was busy promoting his first action movie for Paramount...

Raging Fire: Donnie Yen Helms the Best Action Film of 2021

Raging Fire hits hard (plus offers an ultimate farewell to legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Benny Chan)... I got to tell you guys, 2021 has been...

Dean Cochran in the Nu Image Gem ‘Target of Opportunity’ (2005)

Nu Image brings you back to the good ol' days of DTV cinema! So my journey continues into the vast DTV (direct to video) action...

Air Force One: When a Fictional American President Became Ultimate

All hail Harrison Ford's Ultimate President Marshall! When I first viewed Air Force One (1997), I really did not like the film. That’s because for...

Why Licence to Kill is the Most Ultimate James Bond Film

Timothy Dalton at his James Bond Best Nowadays we are a lot more accustomed to a harder edge to Great Britain’s debonair super spy James...

Collision Course: The Last 80s Action Movie (Part 1 of 2)

The Action Duo that no one asked for, but we all ultimately deserved. Very few films in the history of cinema have truly lived up...

Another 48 Hrs: Revisiting the Ultimate Buddy Cop Rehash

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte deliver one of the most iconic buddy cop revivals ever. Another 48 Hrs. was released in 1990 and sees Eddie...

Screamers: One of the Most Ultimate ’90s Sci-Fi Action Thrillers

A look at how Screamers (1995) grew into one of the better sci-fi actioners of its day. When you’re adapting a Philip K. Dick story...